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The packs: 1984 Donruss Baseball Champions
Where to buy: Check throwback spots ... hit BlowoutCards.com for newer MLB cards

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What's Buzzing: New MLB pulls, MLB and National chatter, Nikola Jokic, a big Bowman U auto and more.

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What: 2023 Leaf Exotic Baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 30
Box basics: Three autographed cards per box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's welcomes baseball collectors to the jungle with this colorful line now focusing on past and present stars of the diamond.

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The box: 2021 Leaf Perfect Game National Showcase baseball cards
Where to buy: Here when available (all years)

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Have you seen the latest cool or interesting items on eBay? If not, you just might see some of those here. We’ll spotlight some items that have a story or just wow us with how much interest it might have — and we’re not just talking baseball cards, either.

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The Item: Elly De La Cruz 2022 Bowman Heritage Chrome Red Refractor auto (/5)
The Price: $4,000 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: The new arrival in MLB is just two games into his big-league career but his combination of speed and power -- and his worthiness to don Eric Davis' No. 44 (another speed and power guy there) in Cincinnati -- is getting the spotlight. He's already got a double, a triple and a homer along with three runs and two RBI while hitting .429 after two games. His Rookie Cards won't appear until 2024 releases -- he missed the deadline so his first Topps Now cards carry "call-up" labels -- but he's got plenty of cardboard. He's pushing 700 different card appearances in prospect releases with cards since 2021 and more than 200 of those are autographs, too. This one comes from the delayed Bowman Heritage but is arguably the right color for max appeal. I don't think that price will get met but it could ... he's a top talent that will be talked about until he comes back to reality. Well, if ... he hit .298 with 71 doubles, 22 triples, 49 homers, 190 RBI and 71 stolen bases in 263 MiLB games over four seasons. Baseball America had him ranked No. 8 in all of MiLB entering this season and he was also a top-10 guy via MLB and Baseball Prospectus rankings.
Similar Pieces: Other Elly De La Cruz autos on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for other Bowman Heritage boxes

Keep reading for a few more interesting items in this week's roundup ...

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What's Buzzing: Elly De La Cruz, 2023 Topps Series 2, "comps," short NFL pitstops and more in today's edition.

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What: 2023 Panini Luminance football cards
Arrives: July 5
Box basics: Three autographs and one memorabilia card per four-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Luminance arrives on the NFL gridiron for a sixth time and it's got a similar approach and feel compared to past editions but with a new crop of rookies (2022 rookie in mock below) and more waiting for collectors.

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Buzz buys a lot of stuff these days and for a few reasons, really. Sometimes it's just bargain-hunting, sometimes it's just something that strikes me. And other times it's a lot -- a group of things -- and that has happened enough lately I figured I'd try something different as a regularly appearing item. Sometimes my lots will be wins, sometimes they won't be ... but I'll let you decide. 

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The Lot: An album of 1991 Action Packed NFL Series 1 football cards
The Price: $9.99

The Tease: What you see above is really the key here for this first Buzz Buys lot item. Why? Well, while the special cards seen above aren't all that pricey they're not all that commonly found. That wasn't the case this time, though ...

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2022 Leaf Metal Pop Century 1/1 Pre-Production Proofs
Where to buy: Click here

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What's Buzzing: RIP to the Iron Sheik, Elly De La Cruz arrives, ripping new Star Wars, 2023 Topps Series 2 is here ... all that and more in today's edition.

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What: 2023 Leaf Metal Pop Century trading cards
Arrives: July
Box basics: Four hits (at least three autos) per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's annual celebrity release is back for another Metal go with mix of talents from around the pop culture sphere today as well as some iconic stars from the past.

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Minor league baseball cards from the past can include some weird stuff ... stuff you wouldn't imagine to be found on a baseball card. Here are some some new oddities in this latest edition of MiLB Madness. 

SPOT THE MLB STARS ...
The Card: Portland Sea Dogs 2005 Grandstand team card
The Buzz On This: Player collectors might be the only ones to care here besides an occasional MiLB Maniac like me, but team cards like this can often be home to some big-league cameos. This one is a gem with a number of future big-leaguers in play -- Hanley Ramirez, Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester and Jon Papelbon are probably the biggest names but they aren't the only ones. In fact, there are that many more big-leaguers here all on one super-cheap card. To me this is some oddball fun ... and while team cards aren't some exclusive-to-MiLB thing, they are more common in team sets than MLB sets.

Keep reading for more examples of some weird or fun baseball cards you can find in MiLB.

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What: 2022-23 Topps UEFA Champions League Club Competitions soccer cards
Arrives: June 27
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); 16 packs per Lite box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The biggest stars of the soccer world hit Chrome once again with this one including a pair of formats both with some exclusive finds.

Keep reading for more as well as a gallery of images.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: MLB chatter, a prospecting fail, The National, inside a Heritage case, NBA breaks and "Hobby good."

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2023 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here

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Take a minute and make some predictions and picks ... and if you're right you might have some free cards coming your way.

It's that simple.

YourDozen.com competition returns with free cardboard up for grabs to one lucky winner -- this time it's a mix of picks for Sunday MLB action and Majority Rules hot-take questions to go with them.

Majority Rules questions are simple -- whatever gets the most votes is the winning answer -- and we've sprinkled in those along with the traditional picks. The end result is still the same -- whomever has the most correct answers once the dust settles wins free cards.

You have until 1 p.m. Sunday to get your picks and predictions in. (Do it now -- one of the tiebreakers is who entered first.) The prize this time is a mystery item.

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Did you get in on last week's action? Check the leaderboard and contact fish@blowoutcards.com to claim your prize if you're the winner.

How does it work? It's short and simple. Register and you'll get a dozen questions where your answers will be compiled and compared to others. Whomever gets the most correct gets the prize -- or at least a shot at it if there's a tie.

The goal with YourDozen.com? Have a little fun and get free stuff into some of your hands.

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What's Buzzing: Breaking down a Topps Heritage case, trimmed cards, MLB chatter, Bob Gibson, O.J. Simpson and tips if you're heading to The National.

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What: 2023 SAGE Artistry football cards
Arrives: August
Box basics: Two autographs per six-pack box
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE once again brings a past insert set to the masses as a standalone brand that is only available in blaster-box form with a mix of drafted players as well as active college star on NIL deals all in one spot.

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What's Buzzing: Pondering a Pro Football Rookie Hall of Fame, Jamal Murray's potential, Ja Morant, a vintage question and more.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: New pulls, MLB chatter, a question about the market and more in this Saturday edition.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2022 Panini Elite Extra Edition baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: NBA Finals, Bowman U Chrome arrives, MLB chatter, a question for NFL collectors and more.

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What: 2022-23 Panini One and One NBA cards
Arrives: July 14
Box basics: One encased autograph and one other card per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: For Year Four of the brand, One once again hits the hardwood with a little extra -- that's the "and One" part -- with the same formula with plenty of rookies and other highlights.

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What: 2023 Pieces of the Past Seven Year Collection trading cards
Arrives: July 7
Box basics: Seven hits per seven-pack box (seven boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Pieces of the Past celebrates its seventh anniversary with a release that's nothing but hits and an array of possible finds from throughout its past releases.

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The arrival of 2023 Topps Series 2 baseball cards is just days away ... and there's a lot to like this time.

Series 2 offers a rich crop of rookies such as Boston Red Sox star Masataka Yoshida, New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe as well as nods to the recent past with ink from another in that spot, Hall of Famer Derek Jeter. It continues with the collection's lineup of inserts that should impress -- you can see all of the early info right here as well as a checklist and full odds, too.

Also back are rare Golden Mirror Image Variations. These golden-backed short-printed cards with new images unlike the regular finds will parallel the entire 330-card base set in this series.

And, yes, the Blowout Cards Golden Bounty is back, too.

This time, Blowout Cards will pay $222,222.22 for a complete set of 330 2023 Topps Series 2 Golden Mirror Image variations. Blowout will purchase the first set submitted and verified. Please contact wanted@blowoutcards.com on email for details at that time.

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Bounty Deadline: Aug. 7, 2023 -- promotion subject to cancelation for any reason.

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